#1Famous people · Eaton
4 famous people were born in Eaton
The best known is the American poet Emily Chubbuck, with articles in 4 languages. Second place goes to the American humorist Melville D. Landon, third to David A. Embury. The earliest on the list is Emily Chubbuck, born in 1817, and the youngest David A. Embury, born in 1886. Writers and artists make up the largest group, 2 of them.
Born here
4
notable people
Best known
Emily Chubbuck
in 4 Wikipedia languages
First
1817
Emily Chubbuck
Youngest
1886
David A. Embury
Most common field
Writing & Arts
2 people
The best known
Born in Eaton
The three are covered in 4, 4 and 1 languages: Emily Chubbuck, Melville D. Landon and David A. Embury.
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Through the years
When Eaton’s famous people were born
More of them were born in the 1880s than in any other ten years, 2 in all.
Writing & ArtsPolitics & LawNotable
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Eaton is known for
Writers and artists are the most numerous, 2 of them.
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Eaton
1 more, best known first.
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Close by, Madison counts 10 famous people, the most of its neighbours.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Eaton and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (6)
- Emily Chubbuck: Artist unidentified, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Melville D. Landon: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Maynard: George W. Maynard, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Lord: Brady-Handy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- John W. Finch: ACME Newspictures, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Herman Ossian Armour: A.kirkwood.spence, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons